David stbinhauer



D. STEINHAUER.

DISPLAY TOP FOR BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. 1919.

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DISPLAY-TOP FOR BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed April 2, 1919. Serial No. 286339.

To all whom it may camera Be it known that I, DAVID STEINHAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Tllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Tops for Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The device which is the subject' matter of the present application for patent is designed for attachment to fruit boxes to dis` play the contents of the latter, and its object is to provide a simple and easily applied device of this kind.

The object stated is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better` understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

lFigure 1 is a perspective view of thede- Vice in place on. the box, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the device detached and inverted.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the device is in the nature of a grating consisting of laterally spaced, parallel side bars 5 and cross *bars 6 extending therebetween, said cross bars being parallel and suitably spaced to permit display of the contents of the 'box 7 to which the devce is applied, without however permitting the passage of the fruit therebetween. Each side bar has an outer, depending marginal flange 8 extending throughout its entire length, and depending end flanges 9. At the inner edge of each side bar are short depending tongues or flanges 10, coinciding with the spaces between 'the cross bars 6. The series of flanges 10 is parallel to the single flange 8 and spaced therefrom a distance corresponding to the thickness of opposite walls of the box 7, and hence when the device is placed on the open top of the box so that the side bars 5 rest on the top edges of opposite walls, said walls fit between the flanges, the flanges 8 being on'the outside and the flanges 10 on the inside. The end flanges 9 extend down over the other two opposite walls of the box. It will be understood, of course, that the device must be dimensioned to fit the box, and as fruit boxes are usually of certain standard sizes, the device can be made in correspondng sizes. The flanges fitting against the box walls efiectually prevent the device from shifting out of place, and to guard against its upward displacement, it can be tacked down, as shown at 11, the flanges 8 and 9 having apertures for the tacks or other suitable driven fasteners.

When the device is in place on the box, the latter can be tilted to obtain the most effective display of the fruit, without danger of the latter dropping out. The entire device can be made out of a single piece of sheet metal, and it is therefore simple and inexpensive. The opposite fianges 8` and 10 have sufi'cient resiliency to grip the box walls before the fasteners 11 are app-lied.

I claim:

1. A display top for boxes comprising a grating consisting of spaced and parallel side bars having inner and outer depending fianges adapted to receive the top portions of opposite walls of the box therebetween, and spaced cross bars integral with and extending between the side bars.

2. A display top for boxes, comprising a gratng consisting of spaced and parallel' side bars having inner and outer depending fianges adapted to receive the top portions of opposite walls of the box therebetween, and spaced cross bars integral with and extending between the side bars said side bars also having depending end flanges engageable with corresponding opposite walls of the box.

3. A display top for boxes, comprising a *gratng consisting of spaced and parallel side bars having outer depending marginal flanges extending throughout the length thereofi and a longitudinal series of spaced depending inner flanges, and spaced cross bars extending between the side bars, the inne' flanges coinciding with the spaces between the cross bars.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

DAVID STEINHAUER.

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